. . >>> the 2012 election is five days away but because of sandypresidentobamaputcampaigning on hold. instead he turned his attention to the victims of the storm, and now the recovery stage continues. political rivals are joining forces. here's. >> now a natural disaster has softened party lines in the form of an unlikely pairing. new jersey governor chris christie and democratic president barack obama toured the storm ravaged state of new jersey. >> i cannot thank the president enough for the his personal concern and compassion for our state. >> it's not the first time this week christie has offered praise for the president. obama is also applauding the governor. >> i think the people of new jersey recognize he has put his heart and soul into making sure the people of new jersey bounce back. >> it has created a stir. >> the next president of the united states governor mitt romney. >> christie is one of mitt romney's most outspoken supporters on the trail picked to give the keynote address at the republican national convention. >> real leaders don't follow polls. real leaders change polls. >>

.1% to 7.8%. that's lowest figure in nearly three years what it was whenpresidentobamatookoffice. both sides spun the data. >> aid rehypedder that this country has come too far to turn back now. >> we can do better. we don't have to stay on path we have been on. >> reporter: expect it to become a talking point on the trail that will be winding through the main battleground states in the days ahead. romney and the president are visiting 7 states today through sunday romney's campaign says the traditionally democratic state of pennsylvania is in play and announced the candidate will stop there sunday. the obama campaign is calling that an act of desperation. team romney said they are on the offensive and look at an extended map. most everything between now and election day will have heated back and forth exchanges including the jobs report that's coming out today n washington -- from washington, now back to you. >>> president obama received a surprise endorsement days before election. yesterday michael blockberg announced support for the incumbent. he said this week's extreme weather led

. >>barackobamareturnedto the nation's capitol as sandy was making landfall. there is a live look. see the flags flowing. breezy to start this tuesday. >>> we are dealing with fallen power lines, downed trees and flooded roadways. i will let you know how hurricane sandy is going to effect your commute, coming up on good morning maryland. vacation spot that many of us go to during the summer. next time it might look different. >> the result of sandy coming through and leaving her mark on our favorite beach landmarks. theymon is live in ocean city. >> reporter: the rain let up a bit. but we still are getting the freezing rain, on and off but the wind gusts thankfully have died down a bit. sandy was the monster we all feared. it's going take days to determine the devastation, millions of americans along the east coast wake up this morning, in dire straits. there are 5 million people who are without power, we know that in new york city, parts of lower manhattan, floodeds and that the stock exchange is not going to open today for a second straight day, the first time weather has forced the

up, but not all of them. >>> news time now 4:47. the storm forced presidentbarackobamaandmitt romney to cancel a number of campaign events. >> but with just a few days to go before the election, the campaigning back on today. so we'll have an update on what both candidates have planned for today. >>> also an interesting story today, health benefit you can get from watching horror films. it might surprise you. we'll tell you when "good morning maryland" continues. >>> i know our -- we stay safe during the storm alerts on your phone, if you didn't have it, you can get it. all you have to do is go to our app store and make sure you stay alert. we can see the temperature right now at 40 degrees in westminster. don't go anywhere, "good morning maryland" will be right back. >>> thanks for joining us, both presidential campaigns were forced to cancel events due to sandy. >> it's about to be business, again, six days away from the election. >>reporter: presidential campaigning will start back up today, but it won't be full steam ahead just yet. the president will travel to new jers